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Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy

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Volvo Cars has published a lifecycle analysis report on its second fully electric car, the C40 Recharge, which shows the potential CO 2 reductions if a car is built and charged using clean energy sources. When charging with electricity generated through fossil fuels, that difference becomes much smaller.

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INFINITI says new gasoline-generated EV system (Nissan e-POWER) central to electrification strategy

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These include fully-electric systems, as well as a gasoline-generated EV system (known as e-POWER at Nissan, earlier post ) in which a gasoline engine generates electrical power stored in a battery (series hybrid), which can then be delivered to all four wheels through a pair of high-output electric motors.

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Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

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Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. Lead author Aniruddh Mohan and colleagues wanted to develop a method that evaluated the life-cycle costs and benefits for two battery-powered ridesource fleets and a gasoline-powered one.

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Test drive: 2024 Volvo S60 Recharge PHEV is better in charge

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One of them is that Volvo’s made the batteries larger every few years, leading to more plug-in electric range, improved hybrid drivability, and overall a better mix of attributes. The other thing that’s changed in that time is that Volvo is seriously going all-electric. kwh usable) arriving for 2023. That’s up from 11.6 The verdict?

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

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Late last year, Volvo launched its very first all-electric model in North America. It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. cubic feet of cargo space as the gasoline XC40s, though its towing capacity falls from 3,500 to 2,000 pounds. Volvo’s first EV.

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New plug-in hybrids for 2025

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They have an engine and, typically, a much larger battery than hybrids, good for covering the commute without using gasoline but affording the long driving range of a fuel tank. in a number of years is a California-only affair and it doesn’t have a gasoline engine under the hood. kwh battery pack allowing 33 electric miles.

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Volvo won’t chase last bit of ICE business, but PHEVs will evolve

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Beneath the recalibrated timeline, Volvo made clear in a series of roundtables with the press last week, that this doesn’t mean it will keep building gasoline models as long as regulators allow them to be sold. I believe we’re going to get to fully electric quicker,” the executive said, reflecting on the new target.

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